The same notes, cadence, and tempo, for three minutes. A rhythm guitar and a simple drum beat plays during the entirety of the song. Sound wise, we get a funky little groove. The first single released from Kick, the aforementioned “Need You Tonight” sets the tone for the rest of the album. With the sheer volume of hits, this means there has to be at least one dud in the bunch…or is there? Need You Tonight So many songs on the US charts meant I couldn’t hardly turn the radio in the late 80s without hearing at least one song from Kick in the course of any given hour. With six hits, Kick, probably could have found a place on my “ best albums of the 80’s” list of a few months back. So – I put aside my three decades of hating INXS and asked: Is INXS really that amazing? Is the album “Kick” so worthy of all the accolades it receives? First, let’s examine the hits Fast forward to a couple years ago, and I hear the song “Don’t Change.” I was blown away, and wanted more. When Rock Star: INXS aired, I had no interest. My negative impression of INXS carried on from my impression of “Need You Tonight,” and well into adulthood. However, I was also a seventh grader – and one thing seventh graders are experts in is whining. Mind you, my musical diet consisted of some pretty questionable stuff – basically anything on the top 40 radio mixed with a few CCM rock bands, so I was hardly an expert on good music. In 1987, I heard the song “Need You Tonight” from INXS’s simplistic rock inspired album “Kick.” I thought in my 13 years of living, that was the whiniest song I had ever heard.
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